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Novartis announces both ianalumab Phase III clinical trials met primary endpoint in patients with Sjögren’s disease

Novartis announces both ianalumab Phase III clinical trials met primary endpoint in patients with Sjögren’s disease

#Sjogrens #SjogrensDisease #AutoimmuneDiseases #Research

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Burn ban back in effect in Ottawa amid dry weather One week after lifting an open air fire ban, Ottawa Fire Services is putting another one into effect.

It's so dry in Ottawa right now that I can hear pup's and my footsteps on the grass. It's crunchy. Please respect the burn ban.

Burn ban back in effect in Ottawa amid dry weather

#Ottawa #BurnBan #CampFires #AgriculturalBurn #BrushPileBurns

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Working out in smoke or smog? Here's what that does long-term If you're exercising during an air quality advisory, you might not feel the effects right away. Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco asks a respirologist what bad air does to our bodies.

Working out in smoke or smog? Here's what that does long-term

If you're exercising during an air quality advisory, you might not feel the effects right away. Respirologist explains what bad air does to our bodies.

#AirQuality #GetOutside #Run #Bike #Walk #WildfireSmoke

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This is Ottawa's driest summer since 2012 'We need to kind of rain that spoils everyone's weekend,' climatologist David Phillips says.

This is Ottawa's driest summer since 2012

It may have rained in some parts of Ottawa on Thursday evening, but the moisture deficit is so serious that a three-day deluge would be needed to rectify it.

#Ottawa #OttawaValley #OttawaFarmers #Agriculture

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Tonight, please spare a thought to all our scientists and public health workers who have dedicated their careers to saving millions of lives.

Despite their amazing work they are constantly threatened due to politicization and the unfettered spread of misinformation.

It should not be like this 💔

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Smoke in the air again so on the trainer inside.

Tiesto's 2019 Tomorrowland set is my go-to when I am cycling indoors.

#Music #TrainerRide #Bike #Tiesto

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Cyclist hit by transport truck near Fallowfield train station A cyclist has been hospitalized after being hit by a transport truck being driven on Fallowfield Road near the Via Rail station.

We need #VisionZero

A cyclist has been hospitalized after being hit by a transport truck being driven on Fallowfield Road near the Via Rail station.

#Ottawa #OttBike

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A ‘tropical’ disease is spreading in American wildlife This neglected tropical disease is no longer confined to the tropics. It’s here, in the United States, spreading silently in wildlife.

“In the heart of Illinois, while researching wildlife disease, I made a discovery that stunned me: More than half of the raccoons I sampled were infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas’ disease… It’s here, in the United States, spreading silently in wildlife.”

We're Hiring an Organizer!

🚨 We're hiring!

Horizon Ottawa is looking for a community organizer for a 10-week contract starting Aug 19th. The work will be focused on tenant rights, grassroots outreach, volunteer organizing.

We are offering $24/hr, 37.5 hrs/week.

Apply by Aug 10: www.horizonottawa.ca/community_or...

The CSA is accepting public comments until August 19. Submitting your comment takes just a few minutes and could make a global impact.

Submit your comment here: publicreview.csa.ca/Account/Logi...

#PublicHealth #CSA #CleanAir #MaskUp #COVID19 #COVID_19 #CommunityHealth #DisabilityRights #LongCOVID

This proposed CSA standard would:

- Require N95s (or equally protective alternatives) for all healthcare workers, patients, and visitors.
- Protect the most vulnerable.
- Set a historic global precedent for clean air in healthcare.

At the top, a green button reads: “Take Action.” Below it: Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard for universal respirator use in healthcare. Subtext: For the first time, N95s would be expected for all healthcare workers, patients, and visitors — unless equally protective substitute measures are in place. Final paragraph: To our knowledge, this is the first national standard of its kind — anywhere in the world. In the background is a faint image of a CAN95 respirator. The WHN logo and a row of six colored dots appear at the top.

Headline in bold: If this CSA standard is finalized, it sets a critical precedent for other countries to follow. Followed by: It can shape global policy for decades on: • Clean air in healthcare • Pandemic preparedness • Protection of the most vulnerable Final sentence: This is about making healthcare safer — for everyone. Background includes a faded image of an N95-style respirator. The WHN logo and six colorful dots are at the top.

Bold headline: Every single person can help. Subtext: The CSA is accepting public comments until August 19. You can help make this a reality — by submitting your comment. A dark green button reads: “See caption for details.” Faint background shows a close-up of a CAN95 mask. Top shows the WHN logo and colored dots.

Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard requiring N95s in healthcare—and your voice can help make it happen.

Capital Pride, stand with Palestine and with your Village Sign on — as a queer person, ally, or organization — to demand that Capital Pride stand with Palestine and with us. We are calling for a return to the values that our communities have always fought ...

Capital Pride, stand with Palestine and with your village!

#Ottawa #Palestine

Send your letter of support here:

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Ten or twenty years from now they will probably wonder why we didn't do more to protect children and the vulnerable from WF smoke. Simple measures like HEPA filters and respirator masks should be more generally available for those who need them, esp. places like care facilities and schools.

A teal linen tunic laid flat on a bench with colourful print bias binding on the neck and armholes and the hem.

Studio Tunic finally made it out of the WIP pile! Finished arms, neck, hem with bias binding; made my own. Seams are Frenched and all the bias binding is understitched. It is sturdy! Made from thrift store linen. I am pleased with this make.

#Sewing #StudioTunic #BiasBinding #MeMade #IMadeThis

Canadian Forces airdrop humanitarian aid into Gaza for the first time | CBC News The Canadian Armed Forces made their first humanitarian airdrop over Gaza on Monday using their own aircraft — delivering 9,800 kilograms of aid to Palestinians, according to Global Affairs Canada.

Canadian Forces airdrop humanitarian aid into Gaza for the first time

Palestinians describe feeling ‘humiliated,’ plead for more aid brought in by trucks

#Food #Gaza #Palestine #Canada

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A bowl of soup with vegetables, next to a plate of chicken, rice, salad, and another plate of flat bread.

A slice of cake topped with red sugar.

Food Adventures Continue!

El Salvador is represented by Sopa de Gallina (Salvadoran Chicken Soup), served with chicken, rice, flat bread, and green salad and Maria Luisa.

Up next, Equatorial Guinea!

#AroundTheWorld #Food #CulinaryAdventures #ElSalvador #SopaDeGallina #MariaLuisa

Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

It can be done. I want this for Ottawa.

Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death

The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

#VisionZero #Ottawa

www.politico.eu/article/hels...

A selfie of a middle aged white woman mid-ride on a gravel trail. She has short hair, glasses, and is wearing a helmet.

Squeezed in a bike ride before the air quality got bad. Have been shuffling runs and rides around to accommodate the air quality. Training through the climate apocalypse is certainly something.
#BikeRide #TrailRide #GetOutside #WildfireSeason #AirQuality #ClimateChange #OttBike

NOTEBOOK: 30 ways to make streets safer - Glen Gower | Councillor / Conseiller | Stittsville La version française suit Here are 30 things we all can do – big and small, short- and long-term, in your neighbourhood and in our culture at large – to make our streets safer. (This post comes as a r...

Rough few weeks for pedestrian and cyclist safety in Ottawa.

NOTEBOOK: 30 WAYS TO MAKE STREETS SAFER

#Ottawa #GetOutside #OttWalk #OttBike

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Dark meat patties with rice and a yogurt sauce.

Milk pudding topped with pistachios.

Food adventures continue!

Egypt is represented by Kofta (meat patties) with rice and Zabadi (cucumber, mint, garlic, yogurt dip) and Mahalabia (Milk pudding) with pistachios.

Up next, El Salvador!

#Food #AroundTheWorld #CulinaryAdventures #Egypt #Kofta #Mahalabia

🦠 New @nature.com study finds that respiratory viruses like flu & COVID can wake up dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs, triggering metastatic growth within days. This IL‑6‑driven inflammation correlated w/ higher metastasis & mortality risk in cancer survivors.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How do you talk to colleagues about their anti-Muslim beliefs? Is there a guide to effectively engaging with bigotry? Perhaps advice on what kind of language to use and how to present your ideas in a way that resonates.

Thanks in advance for any guidance!

#Bigotry #Palestine #Gaza #Communication

Ottawa Air Pollution: Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) How polluted is the air today? Check out the real-time air pollution map, for more than 100 countries.

The air quality is finally back in the green. Open the windows!

Wildfires and poor air quality because we choose not to have environmentally protective policies.

It doesn't have to be this way.

#AirQuality #Wildfires #ClimateChange

Air quality here:
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An offering to enjoy on your Saturday afternoon - or whenever you need grounding and a little stretching.

It's free! And it feels so good to do.

#Yoga

It is your moral duty as an alive person not inside Gaza to stand up for the people inside Gaza.

A 7.57L (2 gallon) jar half filled with fresh kimchi, a bowl of fermentation weights to one side.

This batch has got a nice kick! I have been doing a four day fermentation for the last couple of batches but this one hung out for 7. It's lovely.
#Fermentation #Kimchi #Food

‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly

‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza

For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly

#Gaza #Food #Starvation

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Many of us believe that these women were raped as children, because when we were children about 11 or 12 years old, creepy older guys came onto us.

That’s the age when we learned that men are interested in children.

So yes, we believe them.

CBC investigation finds some big grocers promoting imported food with Canadian branding | CBC News New data from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and a CBC News investigation suggest ongoing problems with country-of-origin signage in Canadian grocery stores. CBC also found questionable Canadian ...

CBC investigation finds some big grocers promoting imported food with Canadian branding

CBC News found several produce ads with conflicting country of origin information

#ElbowsUp #Canada #ProductOfCanada #Food

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